Negotiations at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP26) in Glasgow last year ended with an agreement on reducing the use of coal unabated, rather than phasing out.
Negotiations at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP26) in Glasgow last year ended with an agreement on reducing the use of coal unabated, rather than phasing out.
Negotiators from 194 sides begin work on a draft cover text at the UN climate summit in Egypt, India said on Saturday, which is necessary to meet the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement.phasing down all fossil fuelsSources said PTI,
“Natural gas and oil also emit greenhouse gases. It is not right to villainize just one fuel,” said a source in the Indian delegation participating in the climate talks.
The move paves the way for fierce debate during the second week of talks to be held in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh from November 6 to 18.
Citing the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Indian negotiators told Egypt’s COP27 Presidency that meeting the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement “needs to phase out all fossil fuels”.
The Indian side said, “Selective singles of the sources of emissions, either to label them more harmful or to label them ‘green and sustainable’, even if they are sources of greenhouse gases, have no basis in the best available science.” “
It must be acknowledged that “all fossil fuels contribute to greenhouse gas emissions”, said India and urged “acceleration of the global clean energy transition in accordance with national conditions”.
Indian negotiators said the basic principles of common but distinct responsibilities, equity and nationally determined nature of climate commitments under the Paris Agreement “need to be strongly emphasized in the cover decision text”.
He stressed that “we continue to live in an unequal world with huge inequalities in energy use, income and emissions”.
Cover decision talks began on Saturday with countries proposing what they wanted to include in the final deal.
Negotiations at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP26) in Glasgow last year ended with an agreement to phase out sustainable use of coal in a phased manner.
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“The fundamentals of true change are really about moving away from hydrocarbons and towards cleaner energy systems,” said Aarti Khosla, director of Climate Trends. The way partnership models are being developed between the US, Germany, the UK and developed countries Some others, it is mainly focusing on reducing dependence on coal in emerging economies. It is a logical path.”
“However, given the complete lack of confidence in negotiations, unfulfilled promises of finance by developed countries and the ongoing energy wars in Europe, India is taking a cautious approach and transition demands, including oil and gas, to Western economies. are too reliant. Unless the vicious cycle of trust deficit is broken, the energy transformation negotiations will yield no result.”
India also wanted countries to “recognize that the global carbon budget is rapidly shrinking and requires equitable sharing”.
The carbon budget is the amount of carbon dioxide the world can emit if it still has a chance of containing global warming to within 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels set by the Paris Agreement.